Not sure if this is the correct forum for this question because it doesn't contain a hh question. Mods please move if need be.

How/what are you studying to improve your play in low limit ($1-2/$1-3/$2-5) games? I mean are you just overfolding and playing the nuts? Bluffing very rarely because the "field" tends to pay off your big hands?

It seems to me most training sites, (S4Y, RIO, etc.) are showing strategies for high limit games and thinking players. My player pool at $1-2 and $1-3 consists of players that play 83o "because, well, August 3rd is my kid's birthday, so..." or my favorite, "I just got 93o back to back hands so the poker gods are telling me to play it". How the hell am I supposed to look at a training video or solver and input a range for a player that has no set range? A player that will literally play ATC in any position. And has no linework, just bets or calls haphazardly because they "felt" it coming.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

cliff notes: low limit player pool is a bunch of monkeys, I am running bad, and I can't put anyone on a hand.

You might try some study resources that are more focused on games like you are playing in, then move on to the more advanced stuff as you move up in stakes.

Some ideas:
YouTube videos from James "Splitsuit" Sweeney (some of his older videos might be too basic for today's games), Jonathan Little (has some basic content and some stuff that is more advanced) and Bart Hanson (focuses on live cash games).

Start with Red Chip Poker CORE if you don't know what to study.

There's no specific thing you can study to magically get better at live low stakes.
You just have to play good poker.

Just playing good hands, never bluffing is a strategy that does not work.
Well, maybe it might, if you play those hands correctly, but there's a lot more to it than just betting with strong hands.

If you play poker for long enough and study enough, you get a sort of feeling for it, let's call it intuition.
There's no easy way to get this and you definitely need it to win, even in the softest of games.

You get good at poker by studying and then learning to apply what you've studied while you're actually playing, so by playing.
There are no shortcuts, no easy ways to win, you just gotta git gud.

Welcome to LLSNL, OP. Unfortunately, we don't do these "how do you beat low stakes" threads, as they almost always devolve.

Cliffs are: Play a very value-heavy strategy. Value bet mercilessly. Bluff rarely and only at targeted Vs, not generic ones. Accept that ranges are wide so variance is high, and get that value.

Check out the "Best of LLSNL" sticky for some good threads on the subject, especially Flat_Tire_Suited's guide from transitioning from OL to live.